How Tech2Market turned three research ideas into startups and sent their founders to Europe’s biggest innovation fair. Between February and May 2026, around 25 researchers from BME, FAU, ITU, PSL, SSSA and Politehnica Bucharest took part in the EELISA Tech2Market programme: a series of weekly online workshops, led by experts from UPM, BME, ZHAW and…
Mentorship can shape the academic and professional journeys of early-career researchers. Beyond providing advice and guidance, effective mentorship can help PhD candidates navigate the often complex academic environment, and find support when facing challenges or barriers in their research careers. The EELISA Mentorship Programme was launched in February 2026 as an initiative to strengthen equity, diversity and inclusion across the EELISA…
Thinking of getting funding to develop a new academic programme? This is your chance to bring together students and educators from different countries, disciplines, and institutions to tackle real-world challenges through innovative, collaborative learning. With up to 8,000€ available in funding, the EELISA Call 4 BIPs invites students and academic and administrative staff to explore…
Railways have shaped Europe’s landscapes, economies and the way its people move and meet. Today, with the climate crisis pushing for cleaner and more affordable ways to travel, rail is back at the centre of the conversation about Europe’s future, for both passengers and freight. But building better railways is not only a technical question.…
Every September, European Heritage Days asks the same question across the continent: what’s worth protecting, and why does it still matter? This year, ten EELISA member universities spent a week answering it, each in their own way. Universidad Politécnica de MadridScuola Normale SuperioreUniversité PSLBudapest University of Technology and EconomicsFAU Erlangen-NürnbergIstanbul Technical UniversityPOLITEHNICA BucharestÉcole nationale des…
This past year, EELISA launched its first-ever PhD Mentorship Programme, organized by the Alliance’s Gender and Diversity Working Group. Mentors and mentees from across EELISA were keen to participate in this inaugural edition, which will soon come to a close this November at Université PSL. Throughout the program, which aims to support those who are…
In May 2026, at the UN House in Brussels, engineers, policymakers, legal scholars, and researchers from more than a dozen countries gathered for two days revolving around Everything AI. The third edition of Ethos+Tekhnè, held in partnership with UNITAR and supported by EELISA as a beneficiary of the 7th EELISA Joint Call, was built on…
For International Women in Engineering Day 2026, we asked women across the EELISA alliance one question. Their answers came from ten universities, eight countries, and different levels of seniority in science and engineering. The question was the same for everyone: What would you tell your younger self about choosing a career in engineering or science?…
On 21 and 22 May, 170 students from across the EELISA alliance brought their research to the School of Industrial Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Papers, presentations, and months of work distilled into two days of pitches, jury sessions, and conversations. Noelia Rodríguez Rodríguez, a Telecommunications Engineering student at UPM and one of EELISA’s…
From 26 to 28 November, Mines Paris – PSL hosted the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Challenge as part of the PSL Week, bringing together 35 students from across the EELISA network. Combining academic exploration, field-based learning, and an international hackathon, the programme offered a hands-on approach to tackling environmental challenges through interdisciplinary and intercultural collaboration. This…